Cake-beater.



No. 774,697. f PATENTED Nov. 8, 1904.

' Mlv A. RITTER.

N0 MODEL.

/NVENTCR A Hoff/v5 YS UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1904.

MICHAEL A. RITTER, CF CARLISLE, KENTUCKY.

CAKE-BEATER.

SPECIFICATION formng'part of Letters Patent No. 774,697, dated November8, 1904.

Application tiled March 28, 1904. Serial No. 200,428. (No model.)

To all whom, if may con/cern:

Be it-known thatI, MICHAEL A. RITTER, a citizen ofthe United States, anda resid ent of Carlisle, in the county of Nicholas and State ofKentucky, have made certain new and useful` Improvements inCake-Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in cakebeaters, seeking to provide anovel construction whereby the dough may be beat or worked the desiredway and by which the dough may be scraped from the bowl when desired;and the invention consists in certain novel constructions andcombinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view of my invention as in use.Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section thereof on about line 2 2 of Fig. 1,and Fig. 3 is a detail section on about line 3 3 of Fig. l.

The bowl A is provided with a handle A', by which it may be held in onehand, and has at its center the eyebolt B, having a shank journaledcentrally in the bowl and provided at its upper end within the bowl withthe eye B', with which engages the hook C at the lower end of thebeater-frame C. The bolt B passes through an opening a in the bottom ofthe bowl at the center thereof and is secured by a nut b, washers B2 and,B3 being provided surrounding the bolt at the inner and outer sides ofthe bowl, as best shown in Fig. 2, so the bolt can readily turn, andthere will be practically no leakage from the bowl` The beater-frame Cis provided at its lower end with a hook C, engaging loosely With theeye B of the bolt B, so the beater-frame can move freely up and down atits handle end, the hook engaging with the eye B' in such manner as topermit a certain lateral as well as rocking movement of the frame andthe bolt B turning to permit any desired swinging movement of thebeater-frame in the use of the invention.

The beater-frame C is preferably provided at its center with'thedouble-edged blade D, edged at d, and on opposite sides of said blade Dwith the beater-rods E. As shown an d preferred, the blade D is securedto the main rod F, which, like the blade, is curved longitudinally toconform to the curvature of the bowl, is bent at its lower end to formthe hook C, and extended at its upper end to form the handle C2, theblade D projecting slightly on opposite sides of the main bar F andedged at d, so that by slightly tilting the main barone or the otheredge may be brought to position to scrape the bowl. The beater-rods Eare preferably of wire passed through openings c near the lower end ofthe bar F and having their ends passed through openings e' near thehandle end of the main bar and bent. As shown, the beater-rods E areemployed in three sections or lengths passing through the openings e andextending at one end through the openings e and bent at their other endseither about the main bar F or into connection with the main bar or theother rods adjacent to the openings e', as will be understood from Fig.l of the drawings.

In operation it will be noticed the operator may grasp the handle A'with one hand and the handle C2 with the other hand and manipulate thebeater Cin such manner as to work the cake-dough in the desired mannerand to scrape the dough from time to time from the bottom of the bowl,the journaled eyeboltand the hooked connection of the beater-frametherewith forming a projecting swivel connection between thebeater-frame and the bowl, so the beater-frame may be manipulated withinthe bowl in any way desired by the operator.

It will be noticed that the beater-frame has a swivel connection at itslower end with the bowl; also, that such beater-frame is curvedlongitudinally to conform to the curvature of the bowl, so it may beoperated to scrape the surface of the bowl, and such beater-frame iscurved transversely, rounding upwardly from the blade or scraper' to theouter beater-rods, such transverse curvature permitting the rocking ofthe beater-frame within the bowl, as will be understood from Figs. l andQ of the drawings.

The construction is simple, inexpensive, and will be found eHicient inthe practical use of the invention.

Having thus described rny invention, what l claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The cake-beater herein described cornprisng the curved bowl having ahandle, the eyebolt having a shank journaled centrally in the bowl andprovided with an eye within the j bowl, and the beater-frame consistingof a Inain bar having a handle at its outer end and a hook at its inneror lower end engaged with the eye of the eyebolt, said main bar havingperforations ad jacent to said hook and also adjacent to its handleportion, the scraper secured to the inain bar and curved therewith tocoincide with the curvature of the bowl and i the beater-rods onopposite sides of the scraper c and passing through the openings in theinain l bar and secured substantially as and for the purposes set forth.L

2. Acalie-beater having abeater-fraine proi vided with a main bar and onthe under side of -said main bar with a scraper-blade extend- 1nglengthwise of the rnain bar and projecting i on oppositesides thereof,and with beaterrods, substantially as set forth.

3. A beater-frame having' a main bar perforated for the beater-rods, ascraper extending lengthwise of and curved to conform to the main barand secured to the under side of the inain bar and projecting onopposite sides thereof, and beater-rods on opposite sides of the mainbar and passed through the perforations in the said main bar,substantially as set forth.

il. A cake-beater having a beater-frame provided with a Inain bar curvedlongitudinally, a scraper-blade curved longitudinally in conformity withthe main bar and secured to the under side of said main bar andprojecting on opposite sides thereof, and beater-rods secured to themain bar, substantially as set forth.

MICHAEL A. RITTER.

Vitnesses:

C. W. KING, Lnsnrn S. HUGHES.

